The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Case (Inrō) with Design of Grasshopper on Stalk of Flowering Lily
Nomura Chōkei (dates unknown)
- Date
- 18th–19th century
- Medium
- Case: Powdered gold (maki-e) on black lacquer with mother-of-pearl, pewter, and ceramic inlays; floral decoration on risers in incised gold; Fastener (ojime): carved red lacquer with design of Chinese sage and pine; Toggle (netsuke): stained ivory carved in the shape of a farm woman and child (signed: Homin)
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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